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![[Francis Bacon.]](jpegs/57840.jpg)
[Francis Bacon.]
H. Scott Bridgwater [pencil signature].
Published 1926 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A full length portrait of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lord Chancellor to James I but convicted of corruption. According to the letterpress this mezzotint is 'From a painting by an unknown artist in the National Portrait Gallery' (NPG 1288, 'oil on canvas, after 1731, based on a work of circa 1618... a later version of a contemporary painting showing Bacon in his parliamentary robes').
[Ref: 57840] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Scott Bridgwater [pencil signature].
Published 1926 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A full length portrait of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lord Chancellor to James I but convicted of corruption. According to the letterpress this mezzotint is 'From a painting by an unknown artist in the National Portrait Gallery' (NPG 1288, 'oil on canvas, after 1731, based on a work of circa 1618... a later version of a contemporary painting showing Bacon in his parliamentary robes').
[Ref: 57840] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Archibald Bower Esq.r.
George Knapton pinx.t. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250 (14 x 10"), ink stamp of the Duke of Cambridge's collection lower right, with large margins.
A portrait of Scottish historian Archibald Bower (1686-1766) shown in his library. A religious controversialist and historical writer born near Dundee, Bower entered the Society of Jesus in Rome and lectured at Jesuit colleges in Italy before suddenly leaving Perugia to return to England, allegedly having been discovered in a love affair with a nun. In England Bower converted to the Church of England and wrote about bibliographic history and ancient Rome. His 'History of the Popes', a violent attack on papal supremacy, was published between 1748 and the 1760s. During the publication of the work letters emerged purporting to show that despite his protestant zeal Bower was flirting with Catholicism, shattering his reputation.
CS 27 (only state); Whitman 174 ii/ii; L.151.
[Ref: 58003] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
George Knapton pinx.t. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250 (14 x 10"), ink stamp of the Duke of Cambridge's collection lower right, with large margins.
A portrait of Scottish historian Archibald Bower (1686-1766) shown in his library. A religious controversialist and historical writer born near Dundee, Bower entered the Society of Jesus in Rome and lectured at Jesuit colleges in Italy before suddenly leaving Perugia to return to England, allegedly having been discovered in a love affair with a nun. In England Bower converted to the Church of England and wrote about bibliographic history and ancient Rome. His 'History of the Popes', a violent attack on papal supremacy, was published between 1748 and the 1760s. During the publication of the work letters emerged purporting to show that despite his protestant zeal Bower was flirting with Catholicism, shattering his reputation.
CS 27 (only state); Whitman 174 ii/ii; L.151.
[Ref: 58003] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Bunyan.]](jpegs/57861.jpg)
[John Bunyan.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 255mm (11½ x 10"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of John Bunyan (1628-88), preacher and religious writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress, after Thomas Sadler. Dated 1684, it is the earliest dated portrait of Bunyan, is now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 1311.
[Ref: 57861] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 255mm (11½ x 10"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of John Bunyan (1628-88), preacher and religious writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress, after Thomas Sadler. Dated 1684, it is the earliest dated portrait of Bunyan, is now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 1311.
[Ref: 57861] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.]](jpegs/57849.jpg)
[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.]
H. Goffey [pencil signature].
Published 1925 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright & novelist, shown aged 79. The original oil, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1828, is in the Bavarian State Painting Collections (WAF 1048).
[Ref: 57849] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
H. Goffey [pencil signature].
Published 1925 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright & novelist, shown aged 79. The original oil, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1828, is in the Bavarian State Painting Collections (WAF 1048).
[Ref: 57849] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Herschel.]](jpegs/57843.jpg)
[William Herschel.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir William Herschel who, as an amateur astronomer, found Uranus in March 1781, the first planet to be discovered in modern times. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year. The original oil by Lemuel Francis Abbott (c.1760-1802) is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 98).
Wellcome: 1379 - not in.
[Ref: 57843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir William Herschel who, as an amateur astronomer, found Uranus in March 1781, the first planet to be discovered in modern times. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year. The original oil by Lemuel Francis Abbott (c.1760-1802) is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 98).
Wellcome: 1379 - not in.
[Ref: 57843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gerard Hoet] G Hoet.](jpegs/57816.jpg)
[Gerard Hoet] G Hoet.
[Engraved by Aert Schouman after Gerard Hoet.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders self portrait of Gerard Hoet (1648-1733), a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. This appears to be printed from a cut-down plate that originally showed the artist half-length, holding a quill, a palette hanging on the wall behind (edge visible here). The Rijksmuseum has both versions.
Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-17.300 & RP-P-1888-A-13936.
[Ref: 57816] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Aert Schouman after Gerard Hoet.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders self portrait of Gerard Hoet (1648-1733), a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. This appears to be printed from a cut-down plate that originally showed the artist half-length, holding a quill, a palette hanging on the wall behind (edge visible here). The Rijksmuseum has both versions.
Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-17.300 & RP-P-1888-A-13936.
[Ref: 57816] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Johnson.]](jpegs/57841.jpg)
[Samuel Johnson.]
Will. Henderson [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 28, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A copy of the famous half length portrait of writer Samuel Johnson (1709-84), painted by Sir Joshua Reybolds c.1772.
[Ref: 57841] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Will. Henderson [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 28, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A copy of the famous half length portrait of writer Samuel Johnson (1709-84), painted by Sir Joshua Reybolds c.1772.
[Ref: 57841] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Connoisseurs.]](jpegs/57856.jpg)
[The Connoisseurs.]
[Painted by Edwin Landseer R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.]
London; Published Dec.r 10th 1867, by Henry Graves & Co the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales _ 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint on india, proof before letters, 'Printsellers' Association' blindstamp. Plate mark 580 x 430mm (23 x 17"), very large margins. Very slight foxing mainly in large margins.
Landseer's self portrait, accompanied by two dogs.
Whitman: Samuel Cousins, 99, state II of II.
[Ref: 57856] £450.00
[Painted by Edwin Landseer R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.]
London; Published Dec.r 10th 1867, by Henry Graves & Co the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales _ 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint on india, proof before letters, 'Printsellers' Association' blindstamp. Plate mark 580 x 430mm (23 x 17"), very large margins. Very slight foxing mainly in large margins.
Landseer's self portrait, accompanied by two dogs.
Whitman: Samuel Cousins, 99, state II of II.
[Ref: 57856] £450.00
![[Carl von Linnaeus.]](jpegs/57848.jpg)
[Carl von Linnaeus.]
T. Hamilton Crawford [pencil signature].
Published 1925 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 275 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707-78) Swedish botanist & zoologist, known as the "father of modern taxonomy". According to the letterpress, the original oil, painted by Alexander Roslin, is owned by the Linnean Society of London.
Wellcome: 1778 - not in.
[Ref: 57848] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
T. Hamilton Crawford [pencil signature].
Published 1925 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 275 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707-78) Swedish botanist & zoologist, known as the "father of modern taxonomy". According to the letterpress, the original oil, painted by Alexander Roslin, is owned by the Linnean Society of London.
Wellcome: 1778 - not in.
[Ref: 57848] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lord Joseph Lister.]](jpegs/57850.jpg)
[Lord Joseph Lister.]
H. Blackburn Hart [pencil signature].
Published by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright. 1922.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Joseph Lister (1827-1912) surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery. The original oil, painted by Walter William Ouless, in 1828, belongs to The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Wellcome: 1782 - not in.
[Ref: 57850] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Blackburn Hart [pencil signature].
Published by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright. 1922.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Joseph Lister (1827-1912) surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery. The original oil, painted by Walter William Ouless, in 1828, belongs to The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Wellcome: 1782 - not in.
[Ref: 57850] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Archibald Macdonald Knt. Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer.
Dighton del.
London: Printed for Bowles & Carver. [Published 4 June 1794].
Mezzotint. Sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image on three sides and into inscription area at bottom, losing date, laid on album paper.
A caricature portrait of Sir Archibald MacDonald (1747-1826), lawyer and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Hindon, Wiltshire, and then for Newcastle-under-Lyme. In 1790 he was promoted to Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
[Ref: 57912] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dighton del.
London: Printed for Bowles & Carver. [Published 4 June 1794].
Mezzotint. Sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image on three sides and into inscription area at bottom, losing date, laid on album paper.
A caricature portrait of Sir Archibald MacDonald (1747-1826), lawyer and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Hindon, Wiltshire, and then for Newcastle-under-Lyme. In 1790 he was promoted to Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
[Ref: 57912] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the Younger.]](jpegs/57858.jpg)
[William Pitt the Younger.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 270mm (13 x 10½") very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), after an oil by John Hoppner, now in Cowdray Park. However this mezzotint is likely taken from a copy made in Hoppner's studio to satisfy a considerable demand, now owned by the Tate but on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG L267.
[Ref: 57858] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 270mm (13 x 10½") very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), after an oil by John Hoppner, now in Cowdray Park. However this mezzotint is likely taken from a copy made in Hoppner's studio to satisfy a considerable demand, now owned by the Tate but on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG L267.
[Ref: 57858] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Walter Ralegh.]](jpegs/57845.jpg)
[Sir Walter Ralegh.]
Will. Henderson [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 310 x 225mm (12¼ x 8¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Half-length portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh, c.1552-1618), Elizabethan writer, soldier, explorer and politician. The original oil, painted by an unknown artist in the year of the Spanish Armada, shows the sea captain in a doublet embellished with pearls. It is now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 7).
[Ref: 57845] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Will. Henderson [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 310 x 225mm (12¼ x 8¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Half-length portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh, c.1552-1618), Elizabethan writer, soldier, explorer and politician. The original oil, painted by an unknown artist in the year of the Spanish Armada, shows the sea captain in a doublet embellished with pearls. It is now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 7).
[Ref: 57845] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Joshua Reynolds.
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; Published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.
Mezzotint. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Framed. Slight creasing in centre. Unexamined out of frame.
A self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), painter and first President of the Royal Academy.
CS: 123 ii of ii; Goodwin: 71 iii of iii; Hamilton p.57 ii.
[Ref: 57865] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; Published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.
Mezzotint. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Framed. Slight creasing in centre. Unexamined out of frame.
A self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), painter and first President of the Royal Academy.
CS: 123 ii of ii; Goodwin: 71 iii of iii; Hamilton p.57 ii.
[Ref: 57865] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
![[Richard III] Smothering the Princes in the Tower.](jpegs/57888.jpg)
[Richard III] Smothering the Princes in the Tower.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two men, one holding a lamp, the other dressed in armour, lean towards the sleeping boys with a pillow.
[Ref: 57888] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two men, one holding a lamp, the other dressed in armour, lean towards the sleeping boys with a pillow.
[Ref: 57888] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Richard Brinsley Sheridan.]](jpegs/57842.jpg)
[Richard Brinsley Sheridan.]
H. Blackburn Hart [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A half length portrait in an oval of Irish politician, playright and theater-owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), painted by John Russell in 1788 and now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 651 for the original pastel.
[Ref: 57842] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
H. Blackburn Hart [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A half length portrait in an oval of Irish politician, playright and theater-owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), painted by John Russell in 1788 and now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 651 for the original pastel.
[Ref: 57842] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Stephenson.]](jpegs/57860.jpg)
[George Stephenson.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright. 1922.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½") very large margins.
Seated portrait of engineer George Stephenson, the inventor of the first steam locomotive, after Henry William Pickersgill, now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 410.
[Ref: 57860] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright. 1922.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½") very large margins.
Seated portrait of engineer George Stephenson, the inventor of the first steam locomotive, after Henry William Pickersgill, now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 410.
[Ref: 57860] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[James Watt.]](jpegs/57847.jpg)
[James Watt.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 335 x 270mm (13¼ x 10¾"), large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor whose improvements to the steam engine in 1776 was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. The original oil, painted by Carl Fredrik von Breda in 1779, in now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 186a).
[Ref: 57847] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 335 x 270mm (13¼ x 10¾"), large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor whose improvements to the steam engine in 1776 was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. The original oil, painted by Carl Fredrik von Breda in 1779, in now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 186a).
[Ref: 57847] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)